Saturday, January 11, 2014

Enforceable Spending Caps Put Maryland In Forefront Of National Cost Containment Crusade

Maryland's Bold Hospital Spending Plan Gets Federal Blessing by Jay Hancock.  kaiser Health News.  January 10 2014.

(1)  If the plan works, Maryland hospitals will be financially reward for _________________.

(2)  Federal and state officials have agreed that revenue from all sounrces will ______________________.

(3)  The United States pays nearly ____________ as much for healthcare as other developed countries.

(4)  This plan is part of an effort to move away from a ________________ health care system and move to a system where the incentives are________________.

(5)  Maryland has agreed to increase Medicare spending __________________ than in the rest of the country over the next five years.

(6)  Under the new financing arrangements hospitals will be given ___________________ in their communities.

(7)  The plan does not cover ________ fees.

(8)  The agreement with Medicaid and Medicare is a _____________ demonstration project.

(9)  Elsewhere, insurers and employers are starting to pit______________ against each other.


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